Book signed by Tagore auctioned for USD 700

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PTI

March 13, 2018

UPDATED: March 13, 2018 12:45 IST

Boston, Mar 13 (PTI) A signed hardcover copy of Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagores The King of the Dark Chamber - the English translation of his famous Bengali play Raja - has been sold for USD 700 at an auction in the US.

Signed on a prefatory page in fountain pen by Tagore, the Bolpur edition of the book was published by The Macmillan Company in 1916.

The play revolves around a mysterious, unseen, omniscient king, who is both benevolent and efficient.

His reluctance towards being seen causes most of the drama in the story, rattling his beautiful wife and the kings of nearby kingdoms.

The book was consigned by an American book dealer, according to US-based RR Auction.

It was initially expected to fetch USD 500 at the online auction.

Tagore became the first Indian to win a Nobel Prize (Literature) in 1913.

He wrote successfully in all literary genres, but was first and foremost a poet, publishing more than 50 volumes of poetry.

Tagore was knighted by the British in 1915, but gave up his knighthood after the Jallianwala Bagh massacre in 1919. PTI MHN MHN MHN

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